Brauduino controlled electric smoker?

[lael]

I had a brainwave today - stick an electric oven element in an aldi smoker, control temp with a brauduino controller. Hook up a fan to recirculate air. ensure everything is VERY well grounded.

Got me wondering - would it work? How do electric smokers do their thing?

 

[browndog]

It would definitely work. I have a Masterbuilt electric smoker that has a temp probe about 1/2 way up the smoker and an electric element below the smoker box that contains the wood. Should work a treat.

 

[lael]

Sweet! Would you mind taking a photo of how the element and woodbox are located? Does it hav a fan or similar to circulate?

 

[booargy]

electric frypan?

 

[mr_wibble]

electric frypan?

Yeah, or one of those single-element hotplate doobies.

 

[lael]

Would they burn out?

 

[Cavemanbrew]

Electric frying pan, seen one, worked well, the guy was up Tamworth way, he was just using the inbuilt thermostat.

Any the ribs that came out were f)$/&@ing awesome.

 

[lael]

Wow, so simple. What was his ribs technique?

 

[lael]

woodchips in the frypan?

 

[browndog]

Sweet! Would you mind taking a photo of how the element and woodbox are located? Does it hav a fan or similar to circulate?

No problem, I'll get em up in the next day or two.

 

[Cavemanbrew]

woodchips in the frypan?

Wow, so simple. What was his ribs technique?

woodchips in the frypan?

Turned on the fry pan, 5/6 on the Dial, grabbed a couple of hand fully of Old American oak chips, (tasted and smelt like port barrel), wet them with a mister(squirt bottle) three times after a couple of mouths fills of beer, ribs were in a glad bags with chilli, soy sauce, HP sauce, Worcestershire sauce, mixed herbs, (master foods I think). The other was hoy sin sauce, honey, oyster sauce, small amount of mustard,seeded, crushed peanuts.

The box was a couple of old orange boxes(the timber ones) covered in a couple of hashing bags (sprayed with the mister a couple of times) a couple of old BBQ grills were in between the boxes and He marinated them the night before, (beef ribs)
Chucked a hand full of chips in the fry pan and slid it under the boxes that we're sitting on four bricks, cooked them for 1.1/2 Hrs I think he chucked another hand full in half way thru.(chips)


Well sticky, hot, yum, and 4 kg of ribs were just enough, and a good dark ale was the desert. Haven't been up there shooting for a long time now. This post has spired me to get some from the butcher, BUGGER YOU.

 

[gava]

I've converted an Aldi smoker into a coal smoker.. sealed up the botton box got, a SS collider put a probe in where the temp probe was... got a ball valve down the bottom with a blower probe connected to a PID... its not as effective as my old ugly drum smoker for longer cooks (i.e. 16hr) due to a smaller fire box but works ok. I'm sure the electric element would work just fine...

The thing about the aldi smokers are they are sealed like a old out house... I need to get some high temp food grade silicone and a seal for the door and it'll be a lot better, how's other people with aldi smokers find the head loss?

gav

 

[browndog]

Here you go, the pics should be fairly self explanatory, but feel free to fire off any more questions.















cheers

Browndog